Monday 11th May - Antiques, Jewellery, Militaria, Coins, Comics Vinyl, Toys, Ceramics, Collectables
This lot comprises an assortment of vintage British toys, card games, and advertising containers. The collection includes a Pelham Puppet Standard range marionette featuring a moulded head with hand-painted features and red synthetic hair, dressed in a fabric skirt and checked blouse, complete with wooden control bars and original yellow box marked for Pelham Puppets, Marlborough, Wilts. Games include a Spear’s Games Snap set titled The Good Old Game featuring a banjo player illustration, manufactured at the Spear Works, Bavaria. Also present is a Happy Families card game depicting a character in Highland dress, an Alliance Series Tidley Winks set with gnome illustrations, and a boxed set of natural and black finish wooden draughts. Literature includes an eleventh edition copy of The Beginner’s Book of Chess published by K and C. Advertising ephemera consists of an embossed Ovaltine Rusks metal tin, a Farrah’s Original Harrogate Toffee blue and white lithographed tin, and a large Carr’s Holiday Assorted Biscuits cardboard box featuring a photographic print of a young girl in a blue dress. The group is completed by two Eucryl tins for tooth and denture powder, and a Lambert and Butler Weaver Brand tobacco tin featuring a sphinx logo and red and gold decorative borders. Materials include tin-plate, wood, cardboard, paper, and synthetic hair.
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